It's a lens they need to have in their full frame lineup for sure. Good compromise between having a 70-200 and a 100-300 in the lineup. Cropping gets you to 300 without much image quality loss on a K1, if 250 is sharp enough that is.

Looked at with the loupe, that is definitely a x50, so at least 50-150, I suspect you are right 50-250 f4 would be nice, especially if it is at least as good optically as the 60-250 (and has a decent focus motor).

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It seems that marketing leaders listen and that they finally decided to remove all those various DA55-300 and bring one single modern yet compact 50-300 (4-5.6?) usable both for APS-C and FF. It will also be something, that other mounts do not have. Pentax must offer somethin special to survive. Copying all those 70-300 that competitors have won't be the right choice.

But anyway, priority should be K3 successor at all cost... until rest of loyalist left. Then K70 replacement.

It seems that marketing leaders listen and that they finally decided to remove all those various DA55-300 and bring one single modern yet compact 50-300 (4-5.6?) usable both for APS-C and FF. It will also be something, that other mounts do not have. Pentax must offer somethin special to survive. Copying all those 70-300 that competitors have won't be the right choice.

But anyway, priority should be K3 successor at all cost... until rest of loyalist left. Then K70 replacement.

FF can wait, it is just hair thin market share.

Most of the loyalists have left already, the super loyalist that remained will gladly take whatever Ricoh slowly and incrementally and finally brings out. Most of the discussions here are now mostly irrelevant, because a) Ricoh does not read or listen b) the super loyalists will take whatever it is, no need to be competitive with rest of the market.

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